RS 56:251 – Licenses; possession limit for nonresident alligator hunter; deposit as guarantee of payment of severance tax; penalties A. The following license fees shall be levied on each fur trapper, alligator hunter, fur buyer, and fur dealer: (1) Every resident fur trapper, eighteen years of age or older, before commencing the business of trapping […]
RS 56:252 – Residence of alligator hunters, fur buyers and dealers A. Only such persons who are bona fide residents, as defined in R.S. 56:8, may apply for a resident alligator hunters license. B. Only such persons who are bona fide residents, as defined in R.S. 56:8, may apply for resident fur buyer or dealer […]
RS 56:253 – Shipping raw furs, alligators, alligator skins, and alligator parts out of state; tags A. No resident or nonresident fur buyer shall ship furs, alligators, or alligator skins out of state. B. No resident fur dealer, trapper, alligator hunter, alligator parts dealer, alligator farmer, or nonresident fur dealer or nonresident alligator hunter shall […]
RS 56:254 – Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 499, §2, eff. June 22, 1992.
RS 56:255 – Alligator records; inspections A. Every resident or nonresident buyer and every resident or nonresident dealer shall keep within the state a complete record on forms procured from or approved by the department of all purchases and sales made by him of whole alligators and alligator hides and skins, showing the number and […]
RS 56:256 – Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 356, §5, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.
RS 56:257 – Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 356, §5, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.
RS 56:258 – Dealer records; payment of tax; confiscation of furs and skins A. Every dealer shall maintain complete detailed records of the kind and number of furs purchased inside and outside of the state and of all such furs shipped out of the state or tanned within the state. Dealer records shall be completed […]
RS 56:259 – Open season; method of taking animals; prohibited devices; possession and sale of skins A. The open season for taking nongame quadrupeds, in any area of one or more parishes shall be fixed by the commission. The commission may extend, curtail or prohibit the trapping in any area of the state each year. […]
RS 56:260 – Setting a trap, snare, net, or other device A. No person shall set any trap, capable of taking any nongame quadruped more than one day before the open trapping or alligator season, or permit such device to remain set after the closing day of the open season. All traps shall be run […]
RS 56:261 – Possession; alligator eggs, live alligators, skins A. No person shall take or possess the eggs of alligators, or alligators, or their skins in any parish of this state except as provided for by rules and regulations of the commission. Alligators or their skins shall be tagged as provided for by rules and […]
RS 56:262 – Nongame quadrupeds; breeding, propagation, and exhibition A. Whoever desires to engage in the business of raising and/or exhibiting imported or native nongame quadrupeds shall apply to the department for a license to do so. If it appears that the application is made in good faith, upon a payment of twenty dollars, a […]
RS 56:263 – Alligator parts; buying and selling; license; reports; tagging A.(1) Each alligator parts dealer shall secure an alligator parts dealer license from the department before commencing business. The license shall be secured annually and shall be furnished upon the payment of one hundred five dollars. (2) Each retailer purchasing for retail sale finished […]
RS 56:264 – Scientific research The commission shall conduct scientific researches into the life habits of the nongame quadrupeds through technically trained officers and employees and, when practicable, give full publicity to such biological findings. Acts 1970, No. 550, §1; Acts 1990, No. 194, §1, eff. July 2, 1990.
RS 56:265 – Trespass on marshlands to trap or hunt fur bearing animals No person shall go upon marsh or low prairie lands, or swamplands belonging to another, without the consent of the owner or of one authorized to grant consent; and there capture, catch, trap, take, shoot, or ensnare any alligator, mink, muskrat, nutria, […]
RS 56:266 – Louisiana Fur Public Education and Marketing Fund A. Recognizing that the Louisiana fur industry is a vital aspect of Louisiana’s coastal economic base and that in recent years worldwide fur markets and prices have been severely depressed creating extreme hardships not only for trappers, but also for coastal landowners, fur buyers, and […]
RS 56:267 – §§267-273 repealed by Acts 1958, No. 135, §2.
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RS 56:275 – §§275, 276 repealed by Acts 1958, No. 135, §2.
RS 56:278 – Louisiana Alligator Advisory Council A. The Louisiana Alligator Advisory Council is hereby created in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. The Louisiana Alligator Advisory Council shall be responsible for reviewing and approving recommended marketing, research, and educational programs to be funded from the Louisiana Alligator Resource Account to ensure that any monies […]
